DISCOVERING OUR INNER BEAUTY -  "The most important results of the Ninth Step will be found within ourselves. This step teaches us a great deal about humility, love, selflessness, and forgiveness. We begin to heal from our addiction and no longer live with as many regrets." (It Works, How & Why, p. 67) "A man is not old until his regrets take the place of his dreams." - Yiddish proverb   No Regrets - Elizabeth Withers (3:57) Fountain of Youth Reiki Meditation (10:01) How does selflessness play a role in your recovery, lately?     Generosity : Mahatma Gandhi went…

SOAKED IN PINK CLOUDS OF GLEE - "We've begun to see that God's [or our Higher Power's] will for us is the ability to live with dignity, to love ourselves and others, to laugh, and to find great joy and beauty in our surroundings." (It Works, How & Why, p. 81) "It is not God's will merely that we should be happy, but that we should make ourselves happy." - Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804) German philosopher   Don't Worry, Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin (4:04) Brief Immanuel Kant Bio (3:14) Reiki Tantric Meditation for Happiness (9:43)   What do…

A "TRUE SPIRIT OF HUMILITY & LOVE" MENDS THE PANGS OF SHAME -  "... we ask ourselves if we are doing this because we are truly sorry and have a genuine desire to make reparations ... . If we answer 'yes' to this question, we can be assured that we are approaching our amends in the true spirit of humility and love." (It Works, How & Why, p. 62) "A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday." - Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)…

THE SHADOW OF OUR HUGE, HEAVY GUILT BEGINS TO FLOATS AWAY -  "Memories of the past no longer hold us back ... ."  "We are free to dream and to pursue the fulfillment of our dreams.  Our lives stretch out before us like a limitless horizon." (It Works, How & Why, p. 69) "The storms of the past are receding. The skies are brightening. And the horizon is beckoning once more." - U.S. Pres. Barack Obama (1961 - ) Energy speech 12/8/09   Eckart Tolle Brief Bio (2:51) This Wreckage - Gary Numan live (7:46) Eckhart Tolle Pain Body Meditation…

FREED BY SELF-ACCEPTANCE SO OUR DREAMS CAN TAKE FLIGHT -  "We no longer have to be right all the time. When we give ourselves this freedom, we can allow others to be wrong. Freedom to change seems to come after acceptance of ourselves."  (The Basic Text, p. 58) "Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country." - Anais Nin (1903 - 1977) U.S. novelist   New Life - Depeche Mode live c. 1981 (4:06) Henry Miller & Anais…

GRATITUDE FUELS A LOVING HEART - "When brimming with gratitude, one's heartbeat must surely result in out- going love ... ." (As Bill Sees It, p. 37) "An understanding heart is everything in a teacher ... . One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feeling." "... warmth is the vital element for the growing plant and for the soul of the child." - Carl Jung (1875 - 1961) Swiss Psychologist   The Gratitude Campaign (2:36)  Carl Jung Brief Bio (1:57) Dyer on Manifesting Your Dreams Guided Meditation LP (20:34)…

SELFLESSNESS AIDS THE NEEDS OF THE MANY -  " ... no society of men and women ever had a more urgent need for continuous effectiveness and permanent unity.  We ... see that we must work together and hang together, else most of us will finally die alone." (The Big Book, p. 561) "He made us realize, we are our brother's keeper and that our brothers come in all colors." U.S. Boxer Muhammad Ali on Nelson Mandela, 1st native African President of South Africa, who died 12/5/13 at the age of 95.   U.N.I.T.Y. - Queen Latifah (4:17)   Nelson Mandela's…

"VANITY, PRIDE & ARROGANCE" oh my -  "There were cases, too, where we had damaged others who were still happily unaware of being hurt.  Why, we cried, shouldn't bygones be bygones? Why do we have to think of these people at all? These were some of the ways in which fear conspired with pride to hinder our making a list of all the people we had harmed." (12 & 12, p. 79) "The truest characters of ignorance are vanity, and pride and arrogance." - Samuel Butler (1835-1902) English novelist   Sri Swami Vishwananda speaks on pride and ego Pride (In…

OUR SPIRITUAL MYSTERY - "It may be possible to find explanations of spiritual experience such as ours, but I have often tried to explain my own ... ." "I know the feeling it gave me and the results it has brought, but I realize I may never fully understand its deeper why and how." (As Bill Sees It, p. 323) "Remember that you don't choose love; love chooses you. All you really can do is accept it for all its mystery when it comes to your life. Feel the way it fills you to overflowing then reach out and give it away."…